I got this when our daughter started walking. The crawling never concerned me too much as she never seemed to be an "unstable" crawler. Once she was on her feet I was a bit concerned about our hearth which is slate not brick. This does stick to the slate pretty well and stays adheared until she rips it off. Once it has been taken off once it does not stick back on very well, you have to use another adhesive strip. After a while she was pulling them off more than leaving them on so we just gave up. But by that point she was beyond the "crash into everything stage". My sister in-law had less luck with hers but she has a brick hearth and had a 2 year old and twin babies so the three of them pulling at it was a losing battle. It did help us for the few months that we needed it and I am sure well use it again with our baby who is due next month.

I bought this product to protect my son. As soon as he could maneuver himself over to the fireplace, the first thing he did was rip the strips off. They dont adhere well to brick and did not fit together properly. It was a total waste of money.

I'd give this zero stars if it were an option. Not only did this guard not adhere well to the edge of my brick fireplace - but my baby became fascinated with pulling at it. The little guy managed to get it loose with little effort and once loose - it never adhered again!

I wish this product would work. It doesn't. The pieces are easily pulled off by my twins. I ended up buying a kidco gate to go around the fireplace...I should have used this money to go toward that option in the first place. I really think it is the only thing that would work with most kids (maybe some kids aren't interested in pulling/playing with everything but mine are).

This fell off in about a day, it sticks so well to the furniture i can't get the adhesives off my entertainment center but it didn't stick to the guards at all. WHat a waste of money.